B/L issued from origin to destination for different ships and/or different transportation aircraft, railcars, ships, trucks carrying containerized door-to-door shipments. The principal carrier or the freight forwarder issuing the multimodal B/L has full liability by carriage contract over all modes of transportation for the entire journey. Also known as combined bill of lading , combined transport bill of lading, intermodal bill of lading, or multimodal transport bill of lading.
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